Face cloth and method thereof



May 22 1934 E. A. MccoRMlcK FACE CLOTH AND METHOD THEREOF Filed Maly 28. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gmwmtoz/ im,

May 22, 1934. E. A. MccoRMlcK 1,960,210

FACE CLOTH AND METHOD THEREOF Filed May 28. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 22, 1934 UNETED STATES ATEN' Fifi@ FACE CLOTH AND METHOD THEREOF chusetts Application May 28, 1932, Serial No. 614,229

2 Claims.

The invention is a woven fabric of novel construction mainly intended for use in facial treatments but qualified for manifold and diversified uses.

l5 In the application, adjustment and removal of cosmetics, and the like facial treatments, it largely is the practice to employ soft cobwebby paper because its low price justifies single use, but that material, aside from the fact that its absorptive i property is of low order, suffers the disadvantage that it is very irritating to delicate textured skins and it is a fact that discriminating women will not use it.

Objects of the invention are to provide a fabric for use in facial and other treatments which shall be free from the objectionable features of the conventional paper and other applicator and cleansing fabrics; to provide a woven fabric so Y formed or constructed that stressed in one direction it will have a smooth silk-like feel and stressed in another direction it will present a potentially rough or abrasive surface, thus com bining in one and the same article cleansing and Vvibrating functions so much desired and so long sought after by women of discriminating tastes and habits; to provide a woven facial cloth which, notwithstanding-its peculiarly novel weave and other characteristics, which render it superior for the purpose in hand to even the better quality of handkerchiefs and towels that often are requisitioned into service, nevertheless may be sold in competition with standard paper handkerchiefs or napkins; in short, to provide woven fabric for facial treatments at such low price that after one service, it may be thrown away` The new product, while devised and mainly intended for use in the boudoir or elsewhere and when traveling, as a medium for cleansing and beautifying the skin, so happily combines the qualities of softness and abrasiveness that it is admirably adapted for cleaning and polishing lenses and for other high class cleaning and polishing. 45 The nature of the invention is a fabric comprised of cotton or the like woven in such fashion that a large percentage of the goods in juxtaposed parallel laid strands is floated, as it were, so that when the article in service is applied in one direction, it is of silk-like texture or quality and glides smoothly and softly over the skin and, When applied in another direction, it is suiciently abrasive to exercise the friction that promotes healthy vibration to the skin; the mer- 55jchantable article being cut on the bias for the purpose and with the result of obviating the necessity and cost of selvage finishing.

The article in its preferred form is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a face View of the improved article of manufacture.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on a large scale, showing the nature of the weave and theA preferred pattern.

Fig. 3 is a face View of a web of the new goods showing how it is cut on the bias into squares of merchantable face or other cleaning and polishing fabric.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of another pattern of the same weave.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view thereof.

Fig. 6 is a plan view, on a somewhat exaggerated scale, of the same pattern, and

Fig. 7 is the same as Fig. 6 on a larger scale.

Figure 1 aptly shows, at 5, spaced surface areas of what may be termed floated or mobile goods, the presence of which accounts for the high absorptive properties of the article and confers upon it the aforestated characteristic of silk-like appearance and feel. This will be fully apparent upon inspection of Fig. 2 showing a weave of the general nature of twill. The warp comprises relatively hard twisted cotton threads 6, more or less loosely laid, and the filling 7 comprises softer stuff, for example more or less loosely twisted strands of cotton with or without other fibrous material. The paradoxical quality of softness combined with abrasiveness or friction is predicated largely upon the pattern of the weave which throws the bulk of the filling on the surface of what may be terme-d the right face of the goods. Fig. 2 shows the nature of the chain draft in the development of the pattern depicted in Fig. l, which is a general block or checkerwork design of two repeats in staggered array. The pattern, Figs. 1 and 2, in effect, is a reticulated structure comprised of interconnected blocks of mobile or floated goods interrupted by more or less open areas. As the entire weave is of relatively low thread count and highly permeable, it is manifest that the close construction and the composition of the floated goods tends greatly to augment the absorptive properties of the fabric.

Figs. 4 to 7 illustrate a continuation of the inventive thought in a different pattern of twill, the development of which produces the striated effect, Figs. 3 and 4. In this structure, the warp threads are represented at 8 and the filling at 9, and the general effect is, as before, to float the major portion of the filling but in a series of parallel lanes. This pattern produces a softer fabric but is less desirable than that of Figs. 1 and 2 because it lacks the vibratory and friction qualities of the preferred fabric.

The dotted lines, Fig. 3, show how the goods is bias cut into articles of generally square form. When intended for facial cloths, a dimension 8 X 8 has been found highly satisfactory. The merit of the bias cut is that it eliminates ravelling and obviates selvage nishing which would be required if the goods was straight cut.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the new article, as stated at the outset, has the paradoxical quality of softness combined with toughness, that is to say, a rubbing application of the article in the line of draft makes for an aggressively hard, abrasive or friction action and an application at right angles to the rst brings into play the soft, rolling feel of the floated goods.

Having described. the invention, what is claimed as new, is:-

1. A cleaning fabric of the general texture of gauze comprising warp threads of relatively hard twisted material and weft or lling threads of soft and absorbent material, said fabric being woven on twill lines whereby the major portion of the lling is floated to establish well defined areas silk-like in texture contrasted with the inherent abrasive texture of the warp.

2. The new cleaning fabric, consisting of a twill weave of relatively low thread count and whereof the warp is constituted of relatively hard twisted cotton threads and whereof the lling is constituted of relatively soft material, the structure having the characteristic that the filling is manifested on the surface in the guise of interconnected blocks of mobile or floated goods whereby the absorptive property of the fabric is increased and whereby such fabric has the paradoxical quality of softness combined with abrasiveness.

EDWARD A. MCCORMICK. 

